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people will follow the law right up to the, quote/unquote, letter of the law when it comes to these kind of campaigns that they can and look for those loopholes. part of the problem is there shouldn't really be any loopholes. it's all this cute by half stuff that means millions and millions of dollars from sources we may never know, spent on -- you're only talking about that $37 million is on a lot of things we can see. a lot going on and money being spent to impact the election under the radar that we will never see and by that, i mean, all of the voters efforts and mailings. >> ana marie the campaign is highly coordinated when it comes to appearing not at all coordinated. >> that's right. i think, you know, the fact that they have been on top of the these rulings, i mean, speaks to just how sharp they are as a campaign even though, they are not presenting him very well personally. maybe you don't need to present a candidate well in a way has makes people like him if have you that kind of money. and we have talked about this before, martin. this is unprecedented how much money is poster
people will follow the law right up to the, quote/unquote, letter of the law when it comes to these kind of campaigns that they can and look for those loopholes. part of the problem is there shouldn't really be any loopholes. it's all this cute by half stuff that means millions and millions of dollars from sources we may never know, spent on -- you're only talking about that $37 million is on a lot of things we can see. a lot going on and money being spent to impact the election under the radar...
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romney described the dodd frank reform law as the biggest kiss to new york banks i have ever seen. you have worked with some of those banks. so was it? or is that the biggest lie mr. romney told last night? >> as george kos stanza says, it's not a lie if you believe it. it's one of the most cynical comments we heard last night because i don't think i have ever heard mitt romney actually defend regulation. he actually said i'm going to scrap dodd/frank and put in place new regulations, presumably tougher regulations. if this is a kiss, he wants tougher regulations. let's stipulate for a moment that most of wall street is already in mitt romney's pocket, already going to vote for him, that's what i hear. i don't know many people on wall street who aren't already supporters of him. now he throws that hail mary pass at the last minute and says now i'm going to be critical of dodd/frank and critical of the regulation and ask for more regulation and also was going to cut everybody's taxes 20%. now i'm saying, no, no, no we're not doing that anymore. we're going to raise people's taxes. h
romney described the dodd frank reform law as the biggest kiss to new york banks i have ever seen. you have worked with some of those banks. so was it? or is that the biggest lie mr. romney told last night? >> as george kos stanza says, it's not a lie if you believe it. it's one of the most cynical comments we heard last night because i don't think i have ever heard mitt romney actually defend regulation. he actually said i'm going to scrap dodd/frank and put in place new regulations,...
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and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ i'm thinking about upgrading... finally! jonathan was fine when you were in your 20s, but he's not right for you. good-bye jonathan and his creepy little girl hands. i meant... [ male announcer ] or choosing a windows 8 device with help from the experts at staples. another way staples and hp make it easier to upgrade. make your windows 8 experience even better with hp. and this week, get $200 off the hp envy dv6 notebook. staples. that was easy. >>> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. >> trying to bite my lip just like mitt romney. it was a stupid joke when he told it at the republican convention in tampa. but only the dregs of mitt romney's base could find funny. but now after a week where we saw more than our fair share of rising sea levels, it's pure political poison. and even mr. romney is embarrassed. take a listen to this. >> something to rise of funny? >> i would
and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ i'm thinking about upgrading... finally! jonathan was fine when you were in your 20s, but he's not right for you. good-bye jonathan and his creepy little girl hands. i meant... [ male announcer ] or choosing a windows 8 device with help from the experts at staples. another way staples and hp make it easier to upgrade. make your...
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that's lifted right out of the brief of people opposing this law. that's how they've framed the issue. if you look at the oral arguments and the question that was asked, it does seem the justices are buying that view of it. the opponents of the law, the supporters were saying, look, we are regulating the health care economy. there's nothing to see here. the federal government clearly has the power to regulate things that are substantially affecting interstate commerce. this isn't a difficult case. what was clear from the questions today was that the justices don't necessarily see it that way. what justice kennedy is saying, there is something extraordinary about this. there is something almost unprecedented about this. and just in terms of tone, it seem like they're signing more on to the way the opponents of the law view the case than the supporters do. >> now, of course, there was one of these cases where the government's case was upheld and the government's rule was unconstitutional. at this point in time during the appeal court process, the gove
that's lifted right out of the brief of people opposing this law. that's how they've framed the issue. if you look at the oral arguments and the question that was asked, it does seem the justices are buying that view of it. the opponents of the law, the supporters were saying, look, we are regulating the health care economy. there's nothing to see here. the federal government clearly has the power to regulate things that are substantially affecting interstate commerce. this isn't a difficult...
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it's law that just makes sense. i worked at the colorado springs mail processing plant for 22 years. we processed on a given day about a million pieces of mail. checks, newspapers, bills. a lot of people get their medications only through the mail. small businesses depend on this processing plant. they want to shut down 3000 post offices, cut 100,000 jobs. they're gonna be putting people out of work everywhere. the american people depend on the postal service. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey, this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups, it's back to more pain, back to more pills. the evening showings bring more pain and more pills. sealing the deal... when, hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. it can relieve pain all day with fewer pills tha
it's law that just makes sense. i worked at the colorado springs mail processing plant for 22 years. we processed on a given day about a million pieces of mail. checks, newspapers, bills. a lot of people get their medications only through the mail. small businesses depend on this processing plant. they want to shut down 3000 post offices, cut 100,000 jobs. they're gonna be putting people out of work everywhere. the american people depend on the postal service. only hertz gives you a...
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i'm running because i want to implement the wall street reform law. i don't want us to have to bailout wall street banks again. they've got to act responsibly. and we've got to make sure that the rules are in place so that they don't act recklessly. i want to reduce our deficit. deal with our debt, but in a balanced, responsible way.ç you know, it makes no sense for us to provide -- i don't need it. and then to cut teachers from our public schools or to cut our aid to education or student loans and make them more expensive for our young people. i have had opportunities. i want to now give something back and i think a lot of successful people out there want to give something back. so we'll cut programs that don't work and we'll keep eliminating waste that doesn't make, that doesn't improve prospects for the middle class and i'm not going to balance the budget on the backs of the poor. or the disabled. or the vulnerable. or ask middle class families to pay higher taxes to pay for a tax cut for me or mr. romney. that's not how we're going to balance ou
i'm running because i want to implement the wall street reform law. i don't want us to have to bailout wall street banks again. they've got to act responsibly. and we've got to make sure that the rules are in place so that they don't act recklessly. i want to reduce our deficit. deal with our debt, but in a balanced, responsible way.ç you know, it makes no sense for us to provide -- i don't need it. and then to cut teachers from our public schools or to cut our aid to education or student...
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>> he must know what's in the law because the law is very much modelled after the law that he passed and signed into legislation in massachusetts when he was governor there. might be called romneycare. it's very awkward for governor romney to say with a straight face that obamacare does not deal with preexisting conditions when he knows. he must know that that's one of the corner stones of obamacare. it's tell insurance companies you've got to take people who are sick even though you may want to avoid them. right now under the law, many insurance companies can can avoid sick people. once obamacare and once effectively theç affordable ca act goes into effect, those people and those insurance companies will have to take sick people. they'll also have to do a lot of other things they don't want to do. in massachusetts under romneycare, might as well call it obamaneycare. they're basically the same thing. docto doctors, hospital, insurance companies have to do a lot of things they'll have to do. >> thanks so much for your truth telling on this subject. >>> next, more on mitt romney's b
>> he must know what's in the law because the law is very much modelled after the law that he passed and signed into legislation in massachusetts when he was governor there. might be called romneycare. it's very awkward for governor romney to say with a straight face that obamacare does not deal with preexisting conditions when he knows. he must know that that's one of the corner stones of obamacare. it's tell insurance companies you've got to take people who are sick even though you may...
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and if we would use our patriotism not to demonize a law that has become the law of the land, i can assure you that americans would recognize that their lives would be made better by the the continuation of affordable care act just like mitt romney said in 2005 where he called out those who would be free riders and it's interesting that his own representative and surrogate has now acknowledged that no matter how the justice roberts wanted to define this case r for him to be part of the majority, it is a penalty, not a tax. when you don't pay your taxes, your not taxed. you're penalized. so for the children of my state and the children of america, what it does is for the little baby born with asthma or sickle-cell and their parents could not get insurance, now, today on the eve of our most patriotic day, they now have the right, the governmental right, the legal spreme court of the land right to be able to be covered by insurance. that's going to save lives. >> yes. >> and for the speaker of the house to say he wants to pull this out by the roots and to indicate that it's capturing insuranc
and if we would use our patriotism not to demonize a law that has become the law of the land, i can assure you that americans would recognize that their lives would be made better by the the continuation of affordable care act just like mitt romney said in 2005 where he called out those who would be free riders and it's interesting that his own representative and surrogate has now acknowledged that no matter how the justice roberts wanted to define this case r for him to be part of the...
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he seems to want to live by the letter of the law, but not by spirit. here's how he put it when talking about his tax returns this year. >> i pay all the tacks that are legal taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required. eugene robinson put it so eloquently, in making his money, romney appears to take every imaginable inch that the law arguably allows. but slowly and surely, we started to learn more about this candidate's investments. that he had swiss bank accounts. that he's placeded money offshore in the cayman islands and now, we're learning about an offshore company in bermuda called high yield asset investors limited, that has been invisible for almost 15 years. who knows what else we'll discover in the weeks ahead. but one thing is absolutely certain. mitt romney will go down as one of the most secretive presidential candidates in history. and you have to ask yourself this singular question. after all that's happened throughout the last year, this singular question. why? thanks so much fo
he seems to want to live by the letter of the law, but not by spirit. here's how he put it when talking about his tax returns this year. >> i pay all the tacks that are legal taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required. eugene robinson put it so eloquently, in making his money, romney appears to take every imaginable inch that the law arguably allows. but slowly and surely, we started to learn more about this candidate's...
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he is trying to suggest that we ought to get rid of a lot of our recall laws and dial it down. it is rather amazing how much he shifted in the last two years. >> maybe he's learn his revisionism on saturday. on saturday, walker deny reports he is the target of an investigation into allegations of political corruption while he was serving as milwaukee county executive. listen to this. >> 100% wrong. could not be more wrong. just more of the liberal scare tactics desperately trying to get the campaign off target. the recall was about our reforms. >> what are you taerg about this story that walker described as liberal scare tactics? >> you noticed that he used the term liberal scare tactics rather than the very simply uttered term, i am not a target. the interesting reality here is that 13 of the governor's aides and campaign donors have taken immunity in this john doe criminal investigation. five of his aides and donors have been charged with felonies or misdemeanors. and so the notion that a governor with so much going on around him knows nothing about it and has nothing to do w
he is trying to suggest that we ought to get rid of a lot of our recall laws and dial it down. it is rather amazing how much he shifted in the last two years. >> maybe he's learn his revisionism on saturday. on saturday, walker deny reports he is the target of an investigation into allegations of political corruption while he was serving as milwaukee county executive. listen to this. >> 100% wrong. could not be more wrong. just more of the liberal scare tactics desperately trying to...
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that's a violation of the law. >> that's not the worst of it. the president is also filling another position required by law. to head the consumer financial protection bureau. so despicable was this act, so out landing in the reach for power, team romney issued a press release. the new bureau is the most powerful and unaccountable but rock rasy in the history of our nation headed by a powerful and unaccountable bureaucrat. this represents chicago style politics at its worst. joining us to discuss unaccountable bureaucraciys. why do we go through this dance? i thought consumers after 2 thousand 8 deserved a protection from predatory lenders and loan sharks and yet what we have is an attack on the president immediately for trying to install someone to protect consumers. >> i have to tell you it's very, very sad. you have to wonder about who the folks who are criticizing the president are representing and whether they are representing their constituent who is deserve protection after going through and continuing to go through one of the most diffic
that's a violation of the law. >> that's not the worst of it. the president is also filling another position required by law. to head the consumer financial protection bureau. so despicable was this act, so out landing in the reach for power, team romney issued a press release. the new bureau is the most powerful and unaccountable but rock rasy in the history of our nation headed by a powerful and unaccountable bureaucrat. this represents chicago style politics at its worst. joining us to...
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i thought he was taulking abouta state law from preventing people from getting contraception. i really misunderstood the we. >> contraception, it's working just fine. >> i'm not going there. >> i'm sorry if i created a confusion. >> you said you were all right. >> i am all right. >> what do you make of this republican infighting? >> i think it's terrible. >> rick santorum is an economic lightweight. sgh happiness is not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do. >> ie won a garbage bag for rain gear. >> obama care versus romney care and the issue of government controlling your lives. >> i believe in the second amendment. i have guns myself. >> i loves my gun. loves my gun. >> not going to tell you where th they are. >> i'm not a big game hunter. i've always been, if you will, a rodent and rabbit hunter. >> let's bring in our ace political panel. krystal ball and jonathan capehart. we've been following the contraception battle in congress. rush limbaugh's comments about sandra fluke who was courageous enough as both of us know to testify in favor of the need for
i thought he was taulking abouta state law from preventing people from getting contraception. i really misunderstood the we. >> contraception, it's working just fine. >> i'm not going there. >> i'm sorry if i created a confusion. >> you said you were all right. >> i am all right. >> what do you make of this republican infighting? >> i think it's terrible. >> rick santorum is an economic lightweight. sgh happiness is not doing what you want to do...
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the authors of the stand your ground law protecting george zimmerman say the law is being miss interpreted. even florida governor rick scott weighed in telling protesters the law need to be reexamined. back with us, goldy taylor and from sanford florida, joanne reed, managing editor and msnbc contributor as well. can you quickly get us up to speed since you're on the ground on the trayvon case? any indication from what you're hearing zimmerman might be arrested? >> we don't have any new information on that, richard. what we have is a very angry community. i just came from a town hall meeting called by the naacp, the local chapter as well as the national chapter and it was a meeting at which members of the community who had have past issues with police were airing their feelings and airing some really passionate feelings of miss trust when it comes to the sapp ford. you had people who had had one woman who said that her son suffered a seizure while in a holding cell at the sanford police department and then was beaten up by three officers, and woman that said she herself was pulled over by
the authors of the stand your ground law protecting george zimmerman say the law is being miss interpreted. even florida governor rick scott weighed in telling protesters the law need to be reexamined. back with us, goldy taylor and from sanford florida, joanne reed, managing editor and msnbc contributor as well. can you quickly get us up to speed since you're on the ground on the trayvon case? any indication from what you're hearing zimmerman might be arrested? >> we don't have any new...
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the law. that's why he's not putting this information out. >> julian epstein, ana marie cox, thank you both. >>> next, rick santorum and mike huckabee, birds of a feather. stay with us. ♪ [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve the most rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your
the law. that's why he's not putting this information out. >> julian epstein, ana marie cox, thank you both. >>> next, rick santorum and mike huckabee, birds of a feather. stay with us. ♪ [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption....
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laws, by the way. more of them. >> i like voter i.d. laws, by the way, more of them. you know the great thing about tt
laws, by the way. more of them. >> i like voter i.d. laws, by the way, more of them. you know the great thing about tt
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laws. listen to this. >> we are focused on making sure that we meet our obligations that we talked about for years. pro second amendment. first pro-life legislation in 22 years. done. voter i.d, which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania. done. >> i would like to add my applause. the strategy for mitt romney to win is to suppress the vote. >> that's the classic definition of gaffe. to say something you shouldn't be saying. and i don't think they necessarily win in pennsylvania, but that is the strategy which is there is no real voter fraud to speak of in america. but you know there are tons of people who do not have state issued i.d. and for whom getting it becomes a real hurdle. basically, it's a poll tax. >> you say it's not so widespread, but the law in pennsylvania could disenfranchise something like 700,000 people. >> i said voter fraud is not. >> but there are 15 states where these laws are in place. they could represent like 80% of the votes mitt romney
laws. listen to this. >> we are focused on making sure that we meet our obligations that we talked about for years. pro second amendment. first pro-life legislation in 22 years. done. voter i.d, which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania. done. >> i would like to add my applause. the strategy for mitt romney to win is to suppress the vote. >> that's the classic definition of gaffe. to say something you shouldn't be saying. and i don't think they...
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laws, by the way. more of them. >> i like voter i.d. laws, by the way, more of them. you know the great thing about mitt romney? it is all there on tape. way to go. thanks so much for watching. "hardball" picks things up right now. >>> mitt romney dreams the impossible dream. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. leading off tonight mission impossible. if someone played the mission impossible theme as mitt romney took the stage today at the naacp, it would not have been inappropriate. try to persuade a black audience to vote out the first african-american president, no easy task. say this for romney, he didn't pander. he proved that by telling an unsympathetic audience he would repeal health care reform. check out the reaction. >> i'm going to work to reform and save -- [ booing ] >> why did he do it? we will get into that at the top of the program. among tissues of great importance to the naacp audience are the new state laws restricting access to voting. and we now know what effect new laws in florida and iowa are having in making it harder for likely democrats t
laws, by the way. more of them. >> i like voter i.d. laws, by the way, more of them. you know the great thing about mitt romney? it is all there on tape. way to go. thanks so much for watching. "hardball" picks things up right now. >>> mitt romney dreams the impossible dream. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. leading off tonight mission impossible. if someone played the mission impossible theme as mitt romney took the stage today at the naacp,...
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>> we'll be asking the justice department to advise to us whether or not this violates any federal laws. what it is really using is modern technology for a modern possie to go after suspected illegal aliens. and this website is known as illegal aliens report.com. and what it does is it has anonymous people writing in anonymously with pictures and addresses and actually, of personal information like social security numbers, addresses, et cetera. supposedly reporting suspected illegal aliens. and i think it crosses the line. >> we were not going on mention the website's title and name because we didn't want to encourage traffic. but house subcommittee today held a hearing on a new strategy unveiled by the border patrol. it moves the priority from simply building fences to using intelligence to determine why some try repeatedly to cross the border. is this the best way forward for immigration reform? >> i do think that really it is just reallocating resources we've given them. to do it in a smarter way and i think that there is no question that our legal system of immigration is broken. an
>> we'll be asking the justice department to advise to us whether or not this violates any federal laws. what it is really using is modern technology for a modern possie to go after suspected illegal aliens. and this website is known as illegal aliens report.com. and what it does is it has anonymous people writing in anonymously with pictures and addresses and actually, of personal information like social security numbers, addresses, et cetera. supposedly reporting suspected illegal...
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that many presidents make declarations like this think harry truman desegregating the military and law follows. so to my mine, it is basically incould be tro vertible that he is on the right side of history. >> it shows you know more about make-up than i do. >> that was impressive. >> he is very impressive. don't ever argue with joe about make-up. those polls also seem, it seems like romney is fighting a 2004 campaign eight years too late when he is talking about this issue in the way that he does, is not it? . >> he is again kind of wedged in. the republican party itself has shifted. people have -- look at the way that reince priebus was talking about it yesterday. four years ago, eight years ago, 12 years ago, you would not have heard him acknowledge the importance of equal rights for gays and lesbians in this country. there was a much harsher dialogue that was going on. i think the polling that i've seen certainly suggests that also within the african-american communities and the latino communities, it is less potent of an issue than previously because again, people know more people
that many presidents make declarations like this think harry truman desegregating the military and law follows. so to my mine, it is basically incould be tro vertible that he is on the right side of history. >> it shows you know more about make-up than i do. >> that was impressive. >> he is very impressive. don't ever argue with joe about make-up. those polls also seem, it seems like romney is fighting a 2004 campaign eight years too late when he is talking about this issue in...
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he was asked about the lily ledbetter law by diane sawyer. and again, he wasn't able to give a category answer as to whether he would have proposed or indeed even signed that legislation. >> first mitt romney would have to scramble his advisers to go ask a tea party person what he is supposed to think about that. the problem for mitt romney is that his sort offering with don't know what his core values. are he has been spending so much time trying to refashion himself into a tea party friendly candidate. i'm not even sure he's clear on what his positions are on some of these issues. he has to find out from someone in the tea party and then he'll let you know. >> do you agree with that? >> his barometer is the wide range fragmented political party. >> david, go ahead. >> what's interesting though now, is that he has won the nomination for all intents and purposes. so as he tries to pivot toward the general election and toward those independent voters, trying to make up here's some flowers to those women voters he's lost. this would be the perf
he was asked about the lily ledbetter law by diane sawyer. and again, he wasn't able to give a category answer as to whether he would have proposed or indeed even signed that legislation. >> first mitt romney would have to scramble his advisers to go ask a tea party person what he is supposed to think about that. the problem for mitt romney is that his sort offering with don't know what his core values. are he has been spending so much time trying to refashion himself into a tea party...
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law the usual profession for politicians. instead, he becomes a business management consultant. first at the boston consulting group. that's where he makes the acquaintance of benjamin netanyahu who goes on to become prime minister of israel. then in 1977, he takes a position at another consulting firm, bain & company. after a few years, the company's ceo and founder, bill bain, asks romney to head up a spinoff -- bain capital. >> mitt was hesitant. he was making a good salary. he had a growing family, and he essentially said no. and bill bain said run this new company called bain capital, and if it fails, i'll bring you back to bain & company. so you sort of can't lose. >> bain capital initially invests in startup companies. in 1986, after a tough two years, bain strikes it big. >> we invested in staples early in the year and staples and -- in pretty short order started doing well. we also helped start sports authority, bright horizons, all within a six or nine-month period. >> romney helps launch staples, not only with mone
law the usual profession for politicians. instead, he becomes a business management consultant. first at the boston consulting group. that's where he makes the acquaintance of benjamin netanyahu who goes on to become prime minister of israel. then in 1977, he takes a position at another consulting firm, bain & company. after a few years, the company's ceo and founder, bill bain, asks romney to head up a spinoff -- bain capital. >> mitt was hesitant. he was making a good salary. he had...
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no role at bain after 1999, why did he say in a june 2002 appearance before the massachusetts state law ballot commission that during his utah-based olympics service there were "a number of social trips and business trips that brought me back to massachusetts. board meetings, thanksgiving and so forth." >> board meetings, thanksgiving and so forth. one of the many questions raised. you see what i mean about the network interviews being inevitable? though the day began with mr. romney having no events and seeming to rely solely on his surrogates. the junior governor, bob mcdonnell, america's mayor, rudy giulia giuliani. marco rubio. paul ryan, congressional budget. all out there on behalf of the presumed republican nominee. yes, even his former presidential rivals are getting out there. tonight, rick perry will take his cowboy boots to nevada's silver state stampede to lasso romney supporters. let's hope he doesn't step in it and revert to his former talking points. >> they're just vultures. >> i have no doubt that mitt romney was worried about pink slips. whether he was going to have en
no role at bain after 1999, why did he say in a june 2002 appearance before the massachusetts state law ballot commission that during his utah-based olympics service there were "a number of social trips and business trips that brought me back to massachusetts. board meetings, thanksgiving and so forth." >> board meetings, thanksgiving and so forth. one of the many questions raised. you see what i mean about the network interviews being inevitable? though the day began with mr....
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do you think this strengthens the president's resolve perhaps to maintain the law as it is? >> it's difficult to say. some of those organizations lie outside the mainstream of the larger organizations. for example, catholics for choice. i think we can safely say that most catholics or at least the theology of the catholic church is obviously against con trapceptions and certainly against choice when it comes to abortion services, as well. there are other organizations that are certainly represent thousands and thousands of people. but the fact remains that whether it's catholics or other organizations that are fighting against this rule, it is a political problem and it goes against some of the more fundamental beliefs of potential obama supporters later this year, martin. >> indeed. nbc's mike viqueira live at the white house. >>> the day's top lines are coming up, three, two, one. >> do you have it? is that good? all right. okay. here we go. >> so you just press this button. >> oh! oh. let's look go look at the marshmallow. people really love snapshot from progressive, but
do you think this strengthens the president's resolve perhaps to maintain the law as it is? >> it's difficult to say. some of those organizations lie outside the mainstream of the larger organizations. for example, catholics for choice. i think we can safely say that most catholics or at least the theology of the catholic church is obviously against con trapceptions and certainly against choice when it comes to abortion services, as well. there are other organizations that are certainly...
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that's been the law since 1977. with this case, though, a lot of suburban voters who are catholic in places like ohio saw this and said is president obama trying to dictate when they church can do regarding con tr -- contraception? that's what's different about this go around. >> luke was just talking about the conflict in the white house and how this came about. dana, do you think that congress, and specifically speaker boehner, have scored some political point this is week with this? because even if boehner, for example, has, what about the economy that remains the number one issue? >> it was interesting at cpac this week. the underlying issue of contraception is the president's position is fairly strong. even mitt romney has been saying, we -- birth control works. everybody is in support of that. the underlying issue is, and as menacing for president obama as abortion is, but they still managed to flip this one. >> think about this week. we have obama north of 50 for the first time in a long time. santorum and ro
that's been the law since 1977. with this case, though, a lot of suburban voters who are catholic in places like ohio saw this and said is president obama trying to dictate when they church can do regarding con tr -- contraception? that's what's different about this go around. >> luke was just talking about the conflict in the white house and how this came about. dana, do you think that congress, and specifically speaker boehner, have scored some political point this is week with this?...
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warned the public about this. >> and a lot of the restrictive laws have been block eed by the courts in many states which is a good thing. >> karen, let me read you something lindsey graham told politico about potential mitt romney loss. and i'm quoting him. if i hear anybody say it was because romney wasn't conservative enough, i'm going to go nuts. we're not losing 95% of african-americans and 2/3 of hispanics and voters under 30 because we're not being hard ass enough. karen, your view of that? >> that's exactly right. and i predict that if president obama is re-elected on wednesday, we are going to see a freakout by the right wing as they realize there simply aren't enough white people in this country to win a presidential election as we've been telling them for a long time now. yeah. lindsey graham actually gets this. the message that the republican party should be taking from this is not to how do we move farther to the right but how do you come up with a conservative agenda that actually is inclusive of more of the american people. consistently, i mean, that's a lot of the dog
warned the public about this. >> and a lot of the restrictive laws have been block eed by the courts in many states which is a good thing. >> karen, let me read you something lindsey graham told politico about potential mitt romney loss. and i'm quoting him. if i hear anybody say it was because romney wasn't conservative enough, i'm going to go nuts. we're not losing 95% of african-americans and 2/3 of hispanics and voters under 30 because we're not being hard ass enough. karen,...
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. >> so, krystal, the answer to violent crime is not legislation or laws to prevent these super large weapons from falling into the wrong people's hands but it's fewer single-parent families. >> it was a very strange connection to make. >> well, he made it. >> he made it. i would also say it's true that a lot of times single mothers get trapped into a cycle of poverty. that part is true. but what is governor romney proposing? he's certainly not proposing allowing those women to take control of their lives and have family planning services. he's certainly not advocating for any safety net to help support them while making ends meet for their family. i mean, the whole thing is just a strange situation where he's trying to cover for the fact he used to support an assault weapons ban when he was in massachusetts. now because of where his party is and where he thinks he should be politically, he can't say that anymore. >> she's right about that. i've been a single parent almost all of my adult life. we have five kids. you know, things like the earned income credit, things like the child ca
. >> so, krystal, the answer to violent crime is not legislation or laws to prevent these super large weapons from falling into the wrong people's hands but it's fewer single-parent families. >> it was a very strange connection to make. >> well, he made it. >> he made it. i would also say it's true that a lot of times single mothers get trapped into a cycle of poverty. that part is true. but what is governor romney proposing? he's certainly not proposing allowing those...
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while newt gingrich would love to do away with those oh, so oppressive child labor laws. rick perry wants to take a hammer to large parts of the government, and he'll let us know which parts as soon as he can remember. it's all about destruction. and that's why this has been such a volatile field. because at a time of such great personal anxiety about the future, this field of candidates repeatedly tell us what they would like to destroy. it is a far cry from that vision of a shining city on a
while newt gingrich would love to do away with those oh, so oppressive child labor laws. rick perry wants to take a hammer to large parts of the government, and he'll let us know which parts as soon as he can remember. it's all about destruction. and that's why this has been such a volatile field. because at a time of such great personal anxiety about the future, this field of candidates repeatedly tell us what they would like to destroy. it is a far cry from that vision of a shining city on a
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president wrapped up a rose garden event taking a compromise event signing a job creation bill into law with eric cantor, among others, at his side. meanwhile, as the president does some governing, mitt romney has been out on the campaign trail doing his best to pivot from the primary to the general. accusing the president of waging a hide and seek campaign and being, get this, out of touch. >> i think he is so out of touch with the american people. years of flying around on air force one surrounded by an adoring staff of true believers, telling that you you're great and you're doing a great job. it is enough to think you might become a little out of touch. we have a president who i think is a nice guy but he spent too much time at harvard, perhaps. >> i don't think he's been out seeing the people of america, talking to the people of america. >> yes, well, romney did spend some time at a pennsylvania phone bank today trying to get out that message. and having some trouble dialing on a mobile communication device known as a cell phone. i guess someone normally does that for him. forget t
president wrapped up a rose garden event taking a compromise event signing a job creation bill into law with eric cantor, among others, at his side. meanwhile, as the president does some governing, mitt romney has been out on the campaign trail doing his best to pivot from the primary to the general. accusing the president of waging a hide and seek campaign and being, get this, out of touch. >> i think he is so out of touch with the american people. years of flying around on air force one...
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law that could influence turnout. is this something that republicans have been kind of admitting to now? they've admitted in the form of mike turzai, is this a serious problem for them if all these judgments are made against their plans to introduce voter i.d.? >> absolutely. while it's something noble when you just hear we want to prevent voter fraud, you look at the facts and figures, and there is such few cases of voter fraud. in the bush administration there was barely 86 of those cases identified over a five-year period. >> and in florida they suggested they had to purge 180,000 people from the voting rolls. i think they found 36 people who might be questionable. >> exactly. but this is where it becomes once again a branding and a pr issue. when you look at who are the penal that are affected, the elder, students, young people, minorities, which once again it is the fastest growing voter segment and they want to continue to ignore and say they don't want to ignore but pushing for these type of laws is indirectly
law that could influence turnout. is this something that republicans have been kind of admitting to now? they've admitted in the form of mike turzai, is this a serious problem for them if all these judgments are made against their plans to introduce voter i.d.? >> absolutely. while it's something noble when you just hear we want to prevent voter fraud, you look at the facts and figures, and there is such few cases of voter fraud. in the bush administration there was barely 86 of those...
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do they really want to take bay w away way what people like about the law? and shade joe walsh suggests his opponent is not a true hero, that she talks too much about her military service. duckworth lost both legs and use of one arm in iraq. plus, fires in colorado, drought in the west. more than 3,000 temperature records in june. is global warming to blame? this is exactly what scientists had been predicting. how long can the right wing continue to insist that what we're seeing is a hoax? and remember jonathan krone, the
do they really want to take bay w away way what people like about the law? and shade joe walsh suggests his opponent is not a true hero, that she talks too much about her military service. duckworth lost both legs and use of one arm in iraq. plus, fires in colorado, drought in the west. more than 3,000 temperature records in june. is global warming to blame? this is exactly what scientists had been predicting. how long can the right wing continue to insist that what we're seeing is a hoax? and...